Tectonic Activity Continental Drift
Tectonic Activity Definition:
The Earth's crust is made up of continental and oceanic plates, which move across the surface of the planet, meeting at plate boundaries. Plate tectonics cause volcanic activity, mountain-building, ocean trench formation and earthquakes.
https://www.britannica.com/science/plate-tectonics
Rapid Drift, Crustal Displacement, and Cosmic Catastrophism:
Continental Drift:
"Continental drift, large-scale horizontal movements of continents relative to one another and to the ocean basins during one or more episodes of geologic time."
https://www.britannica.com/science/continental-drift-geology
Relevant Current Events:
India is starting to split in two, new study discovers
A GEOLOGICAL BATTLEGROUND
"The continental collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates has created the Himalayas. New evidence suggests part of the Indian Plate may be splitting away and plunging into the mantle."
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/india-split-into-two-study-2667113430#Echobox=1706101723
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